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This weekend, Google was fined 50 million euros (over $55 million) by France’s Data Privacy Authority, CNIL, for breaching Europe’s (fairly) new General Data Protection Regulation.
GDPR lays the framework for the legal processing of personal data, requiring that companies have a lawful basis for processing a user’s personal information. This lawful basis can result from the user’s genuine consent prior to collecting personal information; processing necessary for the performance of a contract, compliance with…

Seyfarth Shaw Partner Jason Priebe was recently interviewed by C4CM regarding his tips for records retention. This thoughtful discussion covered not only record retention policies, but information governance, risk, and potential costs resulting from the increasing volume of data produced during litigation. Jason also provided practical steps to formulate a record retention policy when one is not in place. To learn more, read the full interview here.…

Seyfarth Synopsis: Please join us at our Chicago Willis Tower office on Thursday, December 6th, for breakfast along with a Seyfarth Legal Forum and Continuing Legal Education (CLE): 2018 Highlights and a Look Ahead to 2019.
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Providing our clients with a multidisciplinary overview of Legal Hot Button issues and Best Practice. Featuring:
Biometric Information Privacy Act: What a long, strange year it’s been (and there’s more on the way!)
Legalize it: will…

Seyfarth eDiscovery Partners Scott Carlson and Jay Carle were recently interviewed by Mary Rechtoris of Relativity regarding “Doing Discovery Right: How Seyfarth Shaw Tackles eDiscovery.” They discuss the Group’s formation, along with the growing importance of eDiscovery attorneys as technology changes both for clients, and in the eDiscovery space.
View the full post on Relativity’s Blog here!…

This morning, the European Commission released a Proposal for a Regulation addressing the EU’s cybersecurity industry as part of its next step towards a Digital Single Market, which is the EU’s strategy to ensure fair competition, consumer and data protection, and removal of copyright and geo-blocking issues for individuals participating in online activities and accessing online content. The Regulation would establish the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and the Network of…

Is your organization ready for the new EU General Data Protection Regulation?
On May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will impose significant new obligations on all U.S. companies that handle personal data of any EU individual. U.S. companies can be fined up to €20 million or 4% of their global annual revenue for the most egregious violations. What does the future passage of GDPR mean for your business?
Our experienced eDiscovery and…

Yesterday, organizations around the world were hit by yet another ransomware attack. Similar to the recent WannaCry attacks, the Petya attack works to encrypt documents and files and subsequently demands a ransom to unlock them. Unlike WannaCry, it is believed that the Petya attack spreads internally through an organization (rather than across the Internet) using a vulnerability called “EternalBlue” in Microsoft Windows. It is not yet clear who is behind this attack. You will know…

On June 13, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security published an alert regarding malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government, known as Hidden Cobra. Per the DHS and FBI, Hidden Cobra uses cyber operations to the government and military’s advantage by exfiltrating data and causing disruptive cyber intrusions. Potential impacts of a Hidden Cobra attach can include “temporary or permanent loss of sensitive or proprietary information, disruption to regular operations, financial losses incurred to…

Cross-posted from Carpe Datum Law
Another week, another well-concocted phishing scam. The most recent fraudulent activity targeted businesses that use Workday, though this is not a breach or vulnerability in Workday itself. Specifically, the attack involves a well-crafted spam email that is sent to employees purporting to be from the CFO, CEO, or Head of HR or similar. Sometimes the emails include the name, title, and other personal information of the “sender” that we believe…

Another week, another well-concocted phishing scam. The most recent fraudulent activity targeted businesses that use Workday, though this is not a breach or vulnerability in Workday itself. Specifically, the attack involves a well-crafted spam email that is sent to employees purporting to be from the CFO, CEO, or Head of HR or similar. Sometimes the emails include the name, title, and other personal information of the “sender” that we believe might be harvested from LinkedIn…